It was Friday night in Great Falls. Montana and I was on my wayto pick up Josh Evin and Ben Krahn at the airport. bait and Benhad come to glide under the Big Sky at the new 25,000 squarefoot park designed by Grindline (fine tuning by Shaggy in belowzero temperatures earlier this year) and Tim Altec. First orderof business was a session. Ben and Josh were loving the park anddrawing lines instantly. As the sun set bait stomped an ollieair over the hole of the full pipe displace tunnel. In theinterest of keeping my friends entertained with a bit of Montananight life we headed drink to the “Sip n’Dip” to watch the girlsin mermaid outfits swim behind furnish and have a couple ofdrinks.
Ben Krahn enjoying the Sip n’ Dip and a look for roll of Rum PunchOn Saturday. Great Falls celebrated their new skatepark with aGrand Opening festival featuring three demos with Ben Krahn,bait Evin. Ryan Simonetti and Whitefish. Montana native AaronRobinson. The demo crew slogged through two demos in the heat ofthe day with temperatures soaring to 107 degrees. Approximatelyfour hundred spectators lined the decks as Josh Evin nailedollie gaps all over the park. Ben Krahn worked lines for mileswith his usual casual call and smoothness. Ryan Simonettioriginally from Great Falls blasted stale-fish nose bones,frigid airs and tail clutch nose grinds on the death box protect andthrew drink a bring together stale-fish airs over the displace tunnel gap. Krahn nailed the funnel cut into gap with a big frontside ollie onhis second act and bait worked the same gap over theopposite direction with method airs. bait entertained the crowdsat the flat end of the lay with some classic freestylin’ likesome Primo to Primo impossible flips no-comply impossibles anda variety of transfer varial variations. Seventeen year old AaronRobinson from Whitefish. Montana blasted backside ollies andbackside airs over hips and transfers all over the park at110mph smiling the entire measure.
On Sunday morning it was time to move on. For Josh Evin it wastime to fly to Denver Colorado for a seven parks over seven daysadventure jaunt dwell with the Skatepark Sessions man(skateparksessions com). For Ben Krahn. Aaron Robinson,photographer Brendan Rohan and myself it was time to continue downthe road a few hours to our friend Jeff’s house for a poolsession at the Treasure Bowl with Steve Schneer. Montana’s BigSky was filled with clouds keeping the heat at bay. A morning ofdrizzle had chased Steve and his man away but once the rainstopped we dropped in for a fun filled session. Krahn utilizedthe new channelise quarter-pipe for a tree go to fakie then backinto the bowl change by reversal with a change by reversal hip air and on into a switchline. Good times at a surreal location.
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